THE EUROPEAN
DIRECTORATE FOR THE
QUALITY OF MEDICINES
& HEALTHCARE
(EDQM)
SARE Reporting for
Tissues and Cells
SoHO Standard Section, Department of Biological Standardization, OMCL
Network & HealthCare (DBO)
EDQM, Council of Europe
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Reporting countries 2022 SARE exercise (2021 data)
2021 DATA COLLECTED from 29* Countries:
AT LV 2020 DATA
BE LI COLLECTED
BG LT from 28*
HR LU
Countries:
CZ MT
AT, BE, BG,
DK NL
HR, CZ, DK,
EE NO
EE, FI, FR,
FI PL
DE, EL, HU,
FR PT
IE, IT, LV, LT,
DE RO
LU, MT, NL,
EL SI
NO, PL, PT,
HU ES
RO, SK, SI,
IE SE and
ES, SE and
IS UK
(Northern UK.
IT Ireland)
*25 Member States + 4 Non-Member States
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Incidence of replacement T&C 2021 (distributed and recipients pmp*)
United Kingdom (UK)* 28
27
192 Incidence by Distributed T&C pmp Incidence by Recipients pmp
Sweden (SE) 200
Spain (ES) 669
503
Slovenia (SI) 176
109
Romania (RO) 7
7
Portugal (PT) 115
129
Poland (PL) 622
36
Norway (NO) 187
170
Netherlands (NL) 4057
429
Malta (MT) 12
12
Lithuania (LT) 58
57
Ireland (IE) 146
143
Hungary (HU) 79
110
Greece (EL) 1409
845
France (FR) 1534
1137
Finland (FI) 656
320
Estonia (EE) 468
251
Denmark (DK) 568
409
Czechia (CZ) 856
16
Croatia (HR) 169
138
Bulgaria (BG) 106
83
Austria (AT) 979
109
-400 100 600 1100 1600 2100 2600 3100 3600 4100
population on January 1st 2021, https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/web/population-demography/demography-population-stock-balance/database
* https://www.nisra.gov.uk/publications/census-2021-table-lookups (Due to Brexit, UK= northern Ireland only)
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Incidence of HSC 2021 (distributed and recipients pmp)
United Kingdom (UK) 74
Sweden (SE) 106 Incidence by Distributed T&C pmp Incidence by Recipients pmp
86
Spain (ES) 77
76
Slovenia (SI) 301
65
Romania (RO) 19
15
Portugal (PT) 54
52
Poland (PL) 254
20
Netherlands (NL) 325
102
Lithuania (LT) 81
81
Italy (IT) 92
80
Ireland (IE) 165
149
Hungary (HU) 39
31
Greece (EL) 50
50
France (FR) 79
Finland (FI) 95
88
Denmark (DK) 209
88
Czechia (CZ) 141
82
Croatia (HR) 164
68
Bulgaria (BG) 23
22
Austria (AT) 219
126
-20 30 80 130 180 230 280 330
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Incidence of reproductive T&C 2021 (distributed and recipients pmp)
Sweden (SE) 1,165
1996 Incidence by Distributed T&C pmp Incidence by Recipients pmp
Slovenia (SI) 3522
2,377
Romania (RO) 536
536
Portugal (PT) 529
656
Netherlands (NL) 3863
1,778
Malta (MT) 595
595
Luxembourg (LU) 3099
1,574
Lithuania (LT) 763
763
Ireland (IE) 2191
1,460
Hungary (HU) 1032
94
Finland (FI) 1,247
Denmark (DK) 1131
3,049
Czechia (CZ) 8696
3,380
Croatia (HR) 2566
1,423
Bulgaria (BG) 9032
1,334
Austria (AT) 2309
1,212
-900 100 1,100 2,100 3,100 4,100 5,100 6,100 7,100 8,100 9,100
population on January 1st 2021, https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/web/population-demography/demography-population-stock-balance/database
* https://www.nisra.gov.uk/publications/census-2021-table-lookups (Due to Brexit, UK= Northern Ireland only)
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2022 SARE Exercise (2021 data)
Denominators
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2022 SARE Exercise (2021 data)
Denominators and total number of SAR by year (2010 - 2021)
500
2,133,341
2,102,332
460
450
1,990,000
400
350 350
1,490,453
326 1,490,000
307
300 1,314,512
1,165,510 1,192,203
1,116,519
250 246
1,000,693 231 238
991,538 995,407
221 990,000
200 203
190
711,061
150 156
138
490,000
100 377,023 365,060
333,253 361,418 340,582
321,618 300,857 318,467
245,058
209,243
50 177,538
111,025
0 -10,000
2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021
Number Distributed Number Recipients Total Number SAR
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Denominators by Country 2022 SARE exercise (2021 data)
Replacement T&C N= 391 687 (distributed)*
TC Distributed TC Recipients
103,773
99,000
0 N= 132 176 (recipients)*
88,530
76,942 7,500
79,000
70,907
59,000
39,000 23,862
1,363 31,709
0 23,549
20,722 9,029
19,000 977 15,044
171
8,750 8,985 2,389 1,771 0
578 334 1,072 715 918 1,330 141 230 2,079
556 0 0 161 3,865 6 52
3,317 3,633
734 684 623 768 732 396 1,007 1,182 1,997
47 161 6 141 371 54
-1,000
Romania (RO)
Finland (FI)
Austria (AT)
Bulgaria (BG)
Malta (MT)
Norway (NO)
Spain (ES)
Denmark (DK)
Lithuania (LT)
Portugal (PT)
Slovenia (SI)
Sweden (SE)
Hungary (HU)
Belgium (BE)
Czechia (CZ)
Estonia (EE)
France (FR)
Ireland (IE)
Italy (IT)
Poland (PL)
United Kingdom (UK)
Croatia (HR)
Germany (DE)
Greece (EL)
Latvia (LV)
Netherlands (NL)
Luxembourg (LU)
*Data set was incomplete or not available at the time of reporting (BE, IT, IS, LV, LU), or is not collected (DE).
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Denominators by Country 2022 SARE exercise (2021 data)
Hematopoietic Stem Cells (HSC) N= 38 597 (distributed)*
12,000
TC Distributed TC Recipients N = 23 423 (recipients)*
10,000 9,619
8,000
6,000 5,682
5,319 5,463
4,731
3,620
4,000 3,632
3,221
1,961 1,783
2,000 1,476 895
1,124 1,220 1,104
862 824 747 747
664 513 526 489 533 533 377 555 539 634
273 251 303 227 227 359 285
0 158 154 0 0 0 0 111 0 138 0 141
0
*Data set was incomplete or not available at the time of reporting (BE, EE, FR, LV, LT, LU, MT, NO, ES, UK), or is not collected (DE).
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Reproductive T&C N= 761 919 (distributed)*
300,000
278,051
TC Distributed TC Recipients
N= 162 868 (recipients)*
250,000
200,000
150,000 142,759
100,000 91,262
67,507
62,472
50,000
35,468 31,069
20,626 20,720
2,132 6,758 10,298
10,826 10,356 17,806 10,970 999 5,014
10,040 10,298 12,093
9,224 5,744 6,607 6,903 7,311 9,073 5,450 7,427
869 916 11 3,015 2,132 1,967 307307
0
*Data set was incomplete at the time of reporting (BE, DE, FI, LI, LV, LT, NO), was not available (EE, EL, FR, IT, IS, PL, ES, UK) or is not collected (DE).
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Denominators: reporting countries
Cardiovascular
Skeletal Tissues Ocular Tissues Skin Other
Tissues
23 18 24 18
10
(AT, BE, BG, HR, CZ, (AT, BE, HR, CZ, EE, (AT, BE, BG, HR, CZ, (AT, BE, BG, HR,
Distributed (AT, HR, CZ,
DK, EE, FI, FR, DE, FI, FR, DE, HU, IE, DK, EE, FI, FR, DE, CZ, DK, EE, FI, FR,
T&C FI, EL, NL,
EL, HU, IE, LT, LU, NL, IT, LU, NL, PL, PT, SI, EL, HU, IE, LT, LV, MT, DE, EL, LT, LU, NL,
NO, PL, SI
NO, PL, PT, SI, ES, SE ES and SE) NL, NO, PL, PT, RO, NO, PL, SI, and
and SE)
and UK) SI, ES, and SE) SE)
19
13 20 9 14
(AT, BG, HR, DK, EE,
(AT, HR, CZ, DK, EE, (AT, BG, HR, EE, FI, (AT, HR, FI, (AT, BG, HR, CZ,
Recipients FI, FR, EL, HU, IE, LT,
FI, FR, HU, IE, NL, FR, DE, EL, HU, IE, LT, FR, EL, NL, DK, EE, FI, FR, EL,
NL, NO, RO, PT, SI,
PT, SI, ES and SE) MT, NL, NO, PL, PT, NO, ES, and LT, NL, NO, SI, and
ES, SE and UK)
RO, SI, ES, and SE) SE) SE)
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Replacement T&C 2022 SARE exercise (2021 data)
NUMBER OF DISTRIBUTED T&C BY SUB-CATEGORY
N= 391 687
Other tissues or
Skin cells 22,313
20,413 6%
Cardiovascular tissues 5%
6,430
2%
Ocular tissues
30,858
8%
Skeletal tissues
311,673
79%
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N= 311 673
Distributed Skeletal Tissues by Type
Bone 263,439
General skeletal
28,635
tissues
Tendons/ligaments 6,203
Fascia 5,925
Other (e.g. meniscus,
3,883
ear, ossicles)
Cartilage 3,588
0 50,000 100,000 150,000 200,000 250,000 300,000
General skeletal tissues : EE, LT, NO, PT, and ES
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N= 30 858 N= 6 430
Distributed ocular tissues by type Distributed cardiovascular tissues by type
Cornea 26,352 Vessel 4,444
Sclera 2,553 Heart valve 1,508
General Other CV tissues
1,953 (e.g. conduit, patch or 362
ocular tissue
pericardium)
Other 0 General CV 116
0 5,000 10,000 15,000 20,000 25,000 30,000
0 1,000 2,000 3,000 4,000 5,000
General ocular tissues : AT, CZ, LV, LT, and NO General cardiovascular tissues : LT and NO
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N= 22 313
N= 20 413
Distributed Other Replacement T&C by type
Skin units in cm2 are not included in the total:
Country Processed (cm²) Distributed (cm²) Amniotic membrane 16,908
Belgium
209,557
France Other (e.g. adipose tissue,
N/A 380,000 4,157
tympanic membrane )
Germany
126,748 150,067
Spain Pancreatic islets 1,248
860,364 419,294
Hepatocytes 0
0 4,000 8,000 12,000 16,000 20,000
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Denominators: reporting countries
General
Bone Marrow PBSC Cord Blood DLI Other
HPC
17 15 13
4 8
(AT, BE, BG, DK, 6
Distributed (AT, BE, BG, DK, HR, EE, HR, FI, EL, IE, (AT, BE, CZ,
(HU, LT, (BE, EL, FI, IE,
T&C CZ, EE, FI, EL, IE, IT, NL, PL, PT, RO DK, HR, EL, FI, (BE, HR, GR
NO and IT, NL, PL, and
IT, NL, PL, PT, RO, and SE) IT, NL, PL, PT, and PL)
ES) SI)
SI, and SE) RO and SE)
18 15
12
6
3 (AT, BE, BG, DK, FR, (AT, BG, DK, HR, 4
(AT, CZ, DK,
Recipients (HU, LT HR, CZ, EE, FI, EL, FI, FR, EL, IE, IT,
(FR, EL, IT, NL HR, EL, FI, FR,
and ES) IE, IT, NL, PL, PT, NL, PL, PT, RO, SE (HR and GR)
SE and SI) IE, IT, NL, SE
RO, SI, and SE) and UK)
and UK)
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Hematopoietic Stem Cells 2022 SARE exercise (2021 data)
NUMBER OF DISTRIBUTED T&C BY SUB-CATEGORY
N= 38 597
Bone Marrow (auto+allo)
Other Haematopoietic Stem Cells 1,846
(units) 559 5%
Donor Lymphocyte Infusions
1%
1,867
5% Cord Blood
2,604
7%
General HPC
Peripheral Blood Stem
4,347
Cells (auto+allo)
11%
27,374
71%
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Hematopoietic Stem Cells 2022 SARE exercise (2021 data)
N= 27 374
Distributed Peripheral Blood Stem Cells by type
Autologous 12,194
General 10,721
Allogenic unrelated 2,789
Allogenic related 1,670
0 2,000 4,000 6,000 8,000 10,000 12,000 14,000
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N= 1 846 N= 2 604
Distributed Cord Blood Cells by type
General 2,523
Allogenic unrelated 75
Allogenic related 5
Autologous 1
0 500 1,000 1,500 2,000 2,500 3,000
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Hematopoietic Stem Cells 2022 SARE exercise (2021 data)
N= 1 867 N= 559
Distributed Donor Lymphocyte Infusions by type Distributed Other HSC
General 1,089 General 464
Allogenic unrelated 95
Allogenic unrelated 418
Allogenic related 0
Allogenic related 360
Autologous 0
0 200 400 600 800 1,000 1,200
0 50 100 150 200 250 300 350 400 450 500
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Denominators: reporting countries
Embryos Sperm Other Reproductive
18
18
7
(AT, BE, BG, HR, DE, DK, HU, IE,
Distributed T&C (AT, BE, BG, HR, CZ, FI, HU,
LI, LT, LU, LV, MT, NL, NO, RO, (AT, BE, CZ, DK, DE, NL,
IE, LT, LU, LV, MT, NL, NO, PT,
SI, and SE) and SI)
RO, SI, and SE)
16
14
6
(AT, BG, HR, CZ, DK, HU, FI, IE,
Recipients (AT, BG, HR, CZ, DK, HU, IE,
LT, LU, MT, NL, PT, RO, SI, and
LT, MT, NL, PT, RO, SI, and SE) (AT, CZ, DK, NL, SI and SE)
SE)
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Denominators for Reproductive T&C 2022 SARE exercise (2021 data)
1,980,000 250
Number Distributed Number Recipients Number SAR
1,779,943 1,787,524
1,800,000
211
1,620,000
200
1,440,000 181
172
1,260,000
148 150 150
1,080,000
131 966,690
124
900,000 835,060
786,451 761,919
738,282 100
720,000 670,565
596,244 81
79
540,000 477,684 494,304
50
360,000
245,849 255,748 228,771
223,647 216,157
29 187,511 162,868
180,000 114,568 142,197
100,598 110,816
15
0 0
2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021
# SAR 13 countries: BE, HR, CZ, DK, EE, FI, IE, IT, NO, PT, ES, SE and UK
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NUMBER OF DISTRIBUTED T&C BY SUB-CATEGORY
N= 761 919
Testicular tissue (2,465) Ovarian tissue (183)
0% 0%
Sperm (234,661)
31%
Embryo (524,610)
69%
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NUMBER OF DISTRIBUTED EMBRYOS PER TYPE NUMBER OF DISTRIBUTED SPERM PER TYPE
N= 524 610 N= 234 661
Embryo donor oocyte, partner
sperm (24,710)
Embryo donor sperm and Sperm non-partner donation (30,401)
5%
oocyte (33,270) 13%
6% Embryo donor sperm,
partner oocyte (8,082)
2%
Sperm partner donation (55,181)
Embryo general (275,496) Embryo partner Sperm general (149,079) 23%
52% gametes (183,052) 64%
35%
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SAR in Recipients
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SAR Incidence 2022 SARE exercise (2021 data)
Incidence of SAR by Country for Replacement T&C
Incidence of SAR / 10000 recipients
250 Number of
Country Number of Incidence of SAR /
SAR
217 Recipients 10 000 recipients
Denmark (DK) 685 2 29
200 France (FR) 10 738 18 17
Greece (EL) 328 3 91
Ireland (IE) 46 1 217
150
Netherlands (NL) 1 591 1 6
Portugal (PT) 931 1 11
91
100 Spain (ES) 23 753 11 5
50 29 Number of TC Incidence of SAR /
17 T&C Number of SAR
11 recipients 10 000 recipients
6 5
0 Replacement T&C 38 072 37 10
Note: SAR from countries that did not report the number of recipients, were not considered.
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Incidence of SAR by Country for HSC
Incidence of SAR / 10 000 recipients
Number of Number of
450 Country Recipients Incidence of SAR /
SAR
10 000 recipients
400 391
Austria (AT) 329 3 91
350 France (FR) 4 971 46 92
333
300 Greece (EL) 358 14 391
Ireland (IE) 676 2 29
250 Netherlands (NL) 30 1 333
200 Poland (PL) 747 7 94
Spain (ES) 3 620 4 11
150
100 91 92 94 Number of TC Incidence of SAR /
T&C Number of SAR
50 recipients 10 000 recipients
29 Hematopoietic Stem
0 11 10 731 77 72
Cells
Note: SAR from countries that did not report the number of recipients, were not considered.
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Incidence of SAR by Country for Reproductive T&C
Incidence of SAR / 10 000 recipients
Number of
100 Country Number of Incidence of SAR /
SAR
93 Recipients 10000 recipients
90 Croatia (HR) 5 744 5 9
Czechia (CZ) 29 064 14 5
80
Denmark (DK) 4 511 29 64
70 Ireland (IE) 321 3 93
64 Portugal (PT) 3 205 6 19
60
50 Number of TC Number of Incidence of SAR
T&C
recipients SAR /10 000 recipients
40
Reproductive T&C 42 845 57 13
30
20 19
10 9
5
0
Croatia (HR) Czechia (CZ) Denmark (DK) Ireland (IE) Portugal (PT)
Note: SAR from countries that did not report the number of recipients, were not considered.
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SAR Globally
Total SAR in Recipients by Country in 2021
70
64
60
53 53
50
40
31
30
23 24
20 17
14
10
6 7 7
5 5 4 5
3 2 2
1
0
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SAR Globally
SAR per country and category of T&C
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70
Austria (AT) 3
Belgium (BE) 2 5 7
5
Croatia (HR)
53
Czechia (CZ)
2 29
Denmark (DK)
1
Estonia (EE)
5
Finland (FI)
France (FR) 18 46
Germany (DE) 18 5
Greece (EL) 3 14
Ireland (IE) 1 2 3
1 1
Italy (IT)
1 1
Netherlands (NL)
24
Norway (NO)
Poland (PL) 7
1 6
Portugal (PT)
Spain (ES) 11 4 38
4
Sweden (SE)
5
United Kingdom (UK)
Replacement TC Haematopoietic TC Reproductive TC
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Number of SAR per sub-category of T&C
N = 58
Other tissues or cells (11)
19% Skeletal tissues (15)
26%
Skin (1)
2%
Cardiovascular tissues (3)
5%
Ocular Tissues (28)
48%
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N = 58
Replacement Tissues& Cells T&C Sub-Type SAR
Skeletal tissues Bone 10
Tendons/ligaments 2
Cartilage 2
General skeletal tissues 1
Ocular tissues Cornea 28
Cardiovascular tissues Heart valve 1
Vessel 2
Skin Skin 1
Other tissues or cells Amniotic membrane 11
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Distribution of SAR by Type of Reaction
N = 58
0 5 10 15 20 25
Transmitted infections
Bacterial (5) 4 1
Viral other (2) 2
Fungal (4) 4
Immunological reactions (3) 3
Other SAR
Graft failure/delayed (28) 14 12 1 1
Undue exposure risk interv (3) 1 1 1
Others (13) 2 11
Skeletal tissues Ocular Tissues Cardiovascular Tissues Skin Other tissues or cells
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SAR Type 1 Transmitted Infections (11)
• - Endophthalmitis / Enterococcus faecium infection (DE)
- Sclerokeratitis. Suspicion of infection in the sclera. Scleral patch removal
Ocular tissues and microbiological culture. (ES)
Bacterial • - Eye removed (DK)
Cardiovascular
•- Surgical wound Infection (cryopreserved vascular graft) (ES)
Tissues
- Herpes infection in left cornea: Both the storage and transport
medium tested positive for herpes simplex. No contamination seen on
Viral other Ocular tissues slit lamp examination. The other cornea tested negative (BE)
- Herpetic uveitis. Satisfactory evolution. (ES)
- Transplant removed (DK)
- Candida albicans ocular infection (DE)
Fungal Ocular tissues - Candida glabrata (NL)
- 1. Fungal keratitis caused by Exophiala. 2. Corneal fungal infection
(Candida albicans). (ES)
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SAR Type 4 Other SAR (47)
Graft failure / delayed Undue exposure to risk- Immunological
engraftment (28) intervention (3) Other reactions (13) reaction (3)
• Bone block non-integration, • Graft opacity five days after • Corneal pannus (11)
inflammation implantation possibly due to a • Graft failure
• Graft dissolution & explantation decrease in endothelial quality • Post graft corneal striae
• Refixation necessary due to prolonged storage, taking
• Slow clearance of corneal
• Incorrect retrieval procedure (too into account the initial quality
edema. Small tear 0.2mm in the
much traction) and excessive handling to obtain
descemet membrane transplant
• Unexpected graft non absorption the DSAEKlamella; lamella at the hinge occurring
/ reabsorption reimplantation. during preparation. Package
• Graft failure due to poor dropped; outer and inner
condition; graft folded on itself • Perforated internal and external packaging intact, donor cornea still
with peripheral damage; bags noticed after patient was suspended from floating device.
retransplantation anesthetised; procedure not Upon inspection perioperatively,
• Primary graft failure (corneal performed; calota resubmitted the entire descemet membrane
edema after cataract surgery); for further processing. graft lamella appeared loose in the
retransplantation (micro explant transport medium rather than
• Valve missized; issue discovered attached to the hinge envelope.
negative)
in the operating theatre; valve Surgery could continue to perform
• Primary graft failure (DMEKbent
could not be used. empty artis. Postoperatively graft
and damaged in the central area)
not abutted; rebubbling performed.
• Cornea guttata; graft failure
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Hematopoietic Stem Cells 2022 SARE exercise (2021 data)
N = 87 NUMBER OF SAR PER SUB-CATEGORY OF T&C
Cord blood (3) General HPC (4)
3% 5%
Bone marrow (auto+allo) (19)
22%
Peripheral blood progenitor cells
(auto+allo) (61)
70%
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Distribution of SAR by Type of Reaction N = 87
0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35
Transmitted infections Fungal Infection (1) 1
Cardiovascular reactions (1) 1
Pulmonary reactions (4) 1 3
Neurological reactions (3) 3
Other SAR
Toxicity (3) 2 1
Immunological reactions (17) 2 4 11
Graft failure/delayed (35) 12 22 1
Infusion related
non specific symptoms (7)
1 6
Other (15) 2 12 1
Other Disease Transmissions Immunological disease (1) 1
General HPC Bone marrow Peripheral blood progenitor cells Cord blood
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HSC Category HSC Type SAR
Bone marrow Allogenic related 8
Allogenic unrelated 5
General 6
Cord blood Allogenic related 3
Peripheral blood progenitor cells Allogenic related 10
Allogenic unrelated 31
Autologous 7
General 13
General HPC 4
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HSC Sub-type
Allogenic Allogenic Autologous General
Type of SAR Sub-type of SAR HSC Type Related Unrelated
Transmitted infections (1) Fungal infection (Candida PBSC (1) 1
glabrata) (1)
Other disease transmission (1) Immunological reaction PBSC (1) 1
(anaphylactic shock) (1)
Other SAR (85) Graft failure/delayed Bone marrow (12) 6 3 3
engraftment (35)
Cord blood (1) 1
PBSC (23) 4 14 1 3
Immunological reactions (17) Bone marrow (4) 2 1 1
General HSC (1)
PBSC (11) 4 6 1
Infusion related non-specific Bone marrow (1) 1
symptoms (7) PBSC (6) 1 2 3
Pulmonary reactions (4) General HSC (1)
PBSC (3) 3
Neurological reactions (3) PBSC (3) 1 2
Cardiovascular reaction (1) Bone marrow (1) 1
Toxicity (3) Cord blood (1) 1
PBSC (2) 1 1
Others (15) Bone marrow (2) 1 1
Cord blood (1) 1
General HSC (1)
PBSC (11) 1 3 1 6
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SAR Type 1 Transmitted infections SAR Type 4 Other SAR
Fungal infection caused by Candida • Death 3 months post-transplant without identified cause
glabrata (peripheral blood stem cells) • Death by septic shock
• Immunological reactions
• Infusion related non-specific symptoms
• Cardiovascular reactions
• Neurological reactions
SAR Type 2 Malignant diseases • Pulmonary reactions
None reported in 2021 • Toxicity
• Graft failure/delayed engraftment
• Primo infection with Epstein barr virus
• Epstein-Barr virus associated lymphoma
SAR Type 3 Other disease • Non-infectious febrile reaction
• Reactions other than those listed above
transmission • Febrile reaction 1 hour after infusion
Immunological reactions – anaphylactic • Suspected TRALI, multi-organ failure
shock (allogenic unrelated PBSC) • Veno-occlusive disease
• Septic shock; Aspergillus infection
• Seizure
• Blood extravasation suspected at the end of the apheresis of peripheral blood
progenitor cells for own use; no dyspnea and vital signs maintained
• Death of recipient within 30 days after transplantation or during the first
hospitalisation in connection with transplantation
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NUMBER OF SAR PER CATEGORY OF T&C N = 181
Ovarian tissue (0)
0%
Sperm (62)
34%
Embryo (119)
66%
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N = 181
Reproductive T&C Sub-Type SAR # SAR %
Tissues & Cells
EMBRYO Donor oocyte, partner sperm 50 28
Donor sperm and oocyte 15 8
Donor sperm, partner oocyte 17 9
Partner gametes 29 16
General 8 4
SPERM Non-partner donation 56 31
Partner donation 6 3
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SAR Types in Embryos N = 119
Pneumonia (1) 1
Bacterial infection
3
ovaries (3)
Pregnancy of
unknown origin (1)
1
Molar pregnancy (1) 1
Ectopic pregnancy (30) 3 1 3 23
Transmitted Genetic
Conditions (83)
46 14 14 5 4
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80
Donor oocyte, partner sperm Donor sperm and oocyte Donor sperm, partner oocyte Partner gametes General Embryos
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SAR Types in Sperm N = 62
0 5 10 15 20
Transmitted Genetic Conditions (24) 24
Ectopic pregnancy (7) 1 6
Other disease transmission (13) 13
Anaphylactic reaction (7) 7
Other SAR (11) 11
Sperm Non-partner donation (56) Sperm Partner donation (6)
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Transmitted genetic conditions Other SAR Other disease transmission
•Autism spectrum disorder
•Bilateral hearing impairment
• Ectopic pregnancy (requiring • c.985A>G mutation of the ACADM
•Hypotonia, lax joints and motor development issues surgical intervention or gene in the homozygous state
•Cataract hospitalization) • Alpha-1 Anti-trypsin deficiency
•One kidney
•Downs syndrome
• Pregnancy of unknown origin • Spina bifida
•Noonan Syndrome • Anaphylactic reactions • X – linked hypophosphatemia with
•Extra chromosome
•Encephalocele • Molar pregnancy vitamin D resistant rickets.
•Heterozygous mutation • Bacterial infection ovaries & tubes Mutations PHEX gene on Xp22.0
•Factor-V-Leyden, increased risk of blood clotting • Germline mutation
•Ocular albinism • Pneumonia
•Susceptibility to PTEN hamartoma • Deafness • Rasopathy
•Craniosynostosis detected during pregnancy
•Autism, Hirschsprung syndrome, dysmorphic features
•16p11.2 microduplication
•G6PD deficiency sumptoms
•Multiple epiphyseal dysplasia
•Nephotic Syndrome symptoms
•Polyendocrinopathy autoinmune (autosomal recessive)
•Exostosis
•Fucosidosis (autosomal recessive)
•Hemophagocytosis
•Mucolipidosis type II
•Spinal muscular atrophy
•Mitochondrial Depletion Syndrome
•Spina bifida (Voluntary termination of pregnancy)
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Imputability Reporting Rate in 2021
SAR with imputability Imputability
Total number of reported Level
T&C Category
SAR in 2021
# % IL1 IL2 IL3
Replacement T&C 58 41 12 27 7 7
HSC 87 65 20 41 14 10
Reproductive T&C 181 9 3 7 2
Total 326 115 35 75 21 19
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Imputability for Replacement T&C
SAR Type SAR Subtype IL1 IL2 IL3
Skeletal tissues
Bone SAR Type - 4. Other SAR Other SAR: Graft failure/delayed engraftment 10
Cartilage SAR Type - 4. Other SAR Other SAR: Graft failure/delayed engraftment 2
Tendons/Ligaments SAR Type - 4. Other SAR Other SAR: Graft failure/delayed engraftment 2
General SAR Type - 4. Other SAR Other SAR: Undue exposure to risk-intervention 1
Cardiovascular Tissues
Heart SAR Type - 4. Other SAR Other SAR: Undue exposure to risk-intervention 1
Vessel SAR Type - 1. Transmitted infections Bacterial 1
Ocular Tissues
Cornea SAR Type - 1. Transmitted infections Bacterial 1
SAR Type - 1. Transmitted infections Fungal 1
SAR Type - 4. Other SAR Other SAR: Graft failure/delayed engraftment 2 1
SAR Type - 4. Other SAR Other SAR: Immunological reactions 3
SAR Type - 4. Other SAR Other SAR: Reactions other than those listed above 1
SAR Type - 1. Transmitted infections Bacterial 2
SAR Type - 1. Transmitted infections Fungal 1
SAR Type - 1. Transmitted infections Fungal 1
SAR Type - 1. Transmitted infections Bacterial 1
SAR Type - 1. Transmitted infections Fungal 1 1
SAR Type - 1. Transmitted infections Viral : Other 1
SAR Type - 4. Other SAR Other SAR: Graft failure/delayed engraftment 1 1 2
SAR Type - 4. Other SAR Other SAR: Undue exposure to risk-intervention 1
Other T/C
Amniotic Membrane SAR Type - 4. Other SAR Other SAR: Reactions other than those listed above 1
Skin SAR Type - 4. Other SAR Other SAR: Graft failure/delayed engraftment 1
Total Replacement T&C 41 27 7 7
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Bone Marrow SAR Type SAR Sub-type IL1 IL2 IL3
Allogenic Related SAR Type - 4. Other SAR Other SAR: Graft failure/delayed engraftment 5 1
SAR Type - 4. Other SAR Other SAR: Immunological reactions 2
Allogenic Unrelated SAR Type - 4. Other SAR Other SAR: Graft failure/delayed engraftment 2 1
SAR Type - 4. Other SAR Other SAR: Immunological reactions 1
SAR Type - 4. Other SAR Other SAR: Reactions other than those listed above 1
Autologous SAR Type - 4. Other SAR Other SAR: Infusion related non-specific symptoms 1
SAR Type - 4. Other SAR Other SAR: Reactions other than those listed above 1
SAR Type - 4. Other SAR Other SAR: Immunological reactions 1
SAR Type - 4. Other SAR Other SAR: Graft failure/delayed engraftment 3
Cord Blood
Allogenic Unrelated SAR Type - 4. Other SAR Other SAR: Graft failure/delayed engraftment 1
SAR Type - 4. Other SAR Other SAR: Toxicity (e.g. due to DMSO) 1
General HSC
SAR Type - 4. Other SAR Other SAR: Immunological reactions 2
SAR Type - 4. Other SAR Other SAR: Pulmonary reactions 1
SAR Type - 4. Other SAR Other SAR: Reactions other than those listed above 1
Peripheral Blood Stem Cells
Allogenic Related SAR Type - 4. Other SAR Other SAR: Immunological reactions 1
SAR Type - 4. Other SAR Other SAR: Graft failure/delayed engraftment 3 1
SAR Type - 4. Other SAR Other SAR: Immunological reactions 1 1 1
SAR Type - 4. Other SAR Other SAR: Neurological reactions 1
SAR Type - 4. Other SAR Other SAR: Reactions other than those listed above 1
SAR Type - 3. Other disease
Allogenic Unrelated transmissions Immunological disease 1
SAR Type - 4. Other SAR Other SAR: Reactions other than those listed above 1
SAR Type - 4. Other SAR Other SAR: Graft failure/delayed engraftment 5 2 1
SAR Type - 4. Other SAR Other SAR: Immunological reactions 3 2 1
SAR Type - 4. Other SAR Other SAR: Reactions other than those listed above 2
Autologous SAR Type - 4. Other SAR Other SAR: Graft failure/delayed engraftment 1
SAR Type - 4. Other SAR Other SAR: Immunological reactions 1
SAR Type - 4. Other SAR Other SAR: Infusion related non-specific symptoms 2
General SAR Type - 4. Other SAR Other SAR: Infusion related non-specific symptoms 1 1
SAR Type - 4. Other SAR Other SAR: Reactions other than those listed above 1
SAR Type - 4. Other SAR Other SAR: Toxicity (e.g. due to DMSO) 1
SAR Type - 4. Other SAR Other SAR: Graft failure/delayed engraftment 1
SAR Type - 4. Other SAR
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Total HSC 65 41 14 10
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SAR Type SAR Subtype IL1 IL2 IL3
Embryos
Embryos, donor oocyte, partner SAR Type - 3. Transmitted genetic
sperm conditions 1
Embryos, donor sperm, partner SAR Type - 3. Transmitted genetic
oocyte conditions 1 1
Other SAR: Ectopic pregnancy (requiring surgical
Embryos, partner gametes
SAR Type - 4. Other SAR intervention or hospitalization) 4
SAR Type - 3. Transmitted genetic
General embryos conditions 1
Sperm
Other SAR: Ectopic pregnancy (requiring surgical
Sperm - partner donation
SAR Type - 4. Other SAR intervention or hospitalization) 1
Total Reproductive T&C 9 7 2
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3500000 1000
949
910
3,159,362
900
3000000 2,922,117
739
769 756 800
2,584,557 694
622
2500000 2,443,564
700
2,280,512
551 600
2000000 1,862,293
499 441
1,775,082
500
426 1,550,701
1500000 1,433,828
400
300
1000000 887,536
748,753
200
500000
100
0 0
2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021
YEAR Tissues Processed Number SAE
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Processed T&C by Country and Category Variation in number of T&C Processed
Country Replacement T&C HSC Reproductive T&C Country Exercise 2022 Exercise 2021 Exercise 2020 2021-2020 2021-2022
Austria (AT) 66,786 2,856 139,062 Austria 208,704 196,948 208,545 -11,597 11,756
Belgium (BE) 22,529 3,134 462,323 Belgium 487,986 0 0 0 487,986
Bulgaria (BG) 667 774 128,270 Bulgaria 129,711 118,546 126,876 -8,330 11,165
Croatia (HR) 1,045 1,602 51,507 Croatia 54,154 50,690 62,585 -11,895 3,464
Czechia (CZ) 11,104 2,209 377,585 Czechia 390,898 397,423 422,543 -25,120 -6,525
Denmark (DK) 1,452 896 49,627 Denmark 51,975 45,174 132,763 -87,589 6,801
Estonia (EE) 796 367 Estonia 1,163 34,838 40,766 -5,928 -33,675
Finland (FI) 2,845 1,018 Finland 3,863 4,515 6,119 -1,604 -652
France (FR) France 0 0 0 0 0
Germany (DE) 159,566 870,300 Germany 1,029,866 1,002,175 856,324 145,851 27,691
Greece (EL) 1 Greece 1 28 45 -17 -27
Hungary (HU) 1,226 457 25,590 Hungary 27,273 39,359 43,524 -4,165 -12,086
Ireland (IE) 469 434 102,932 Ireland 103,835 71,763 83,451 -11,688 32,072
Italy (IT) 8,996 6,023
Italy 15,019 15,876 44,093 -28,217 -857
Liechtenstein (LI) 197
Latvia 31,912 29,514 40,089 -10,575 2,398
Latvia (LV) 38 94 31,780
Liechtenstein 197 0 0 0 197
Lithuania (LT)
Lithuania 0 2,795 19,165 -16,370 -2,795
Luxembourg (LU) 3,865 2,546
Luxemborug 6,411 1,770 2,112 -342 4,641
Malta (MT) 6 795
Malta 801 1,820 807 1,013 -1,019
Netherlands (NL) 12,670 245,607
Netherlands 261,382 222,020 248,064 -26,044 39,362
Norway (NO) 3,105
Poland (PL) 46,367 31,040 Norway 0 0 66,072 -66,072 0
Portugal (PT) 711 10,686 Poland 77,407 78,645 55,585 23,060 -1,238
Romania (RO) 15 4,770 Portugal 11,397 92,818 113,424 -20,606 -81,421
Slovenia (SI) 333 1,295 34,306 Romania 4,785 1,893 10,658 -8,765 2,892
Spain (ES) 29,251 Slovakia 13,651 -13,651 0
Sweden (SE) 3,459 1,795 190,052 Slovenia 35,934 27,627 74,904 -47,277 8,307
United Kingdom (UK) 131 Spain 29,251 26,888 5,802 21,086 2,363
Total 373,486 57,941 2,727,935 Sweden 195,306 77,083 244,150 -167,067 118,223
Total 3,159,362 2,646,079 2,922,117 -276,038 513,283
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Incidence of SAE by Country for Replacement T&C
Incidence of SAE / 10 000 T&C processed Number of T&C
Incidence of SAE
Country # SAE / 10 000 T&C
Processed
22 processed
20
Austria (AT) 66,786 5 0.75
17 Belgium (BE) 22,529 32 14.2
France (FR) 103,773 17 1.6
Germany (DE) 15,9566 9 0.56
12 Hungary (HU) 1,226 55 9
Italy (IT) 8,996 10 11
Netherlands (NL) 12,670 6 5
7 Poland (PL) 46,367 1 0.2
Spain (ES) 29,251 27 9
Sweden (SE) 3,459 7 20
3.72
2
Incidence of SAE
0.2 Number of T&C
Country # SAE / 10 000 T&C
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Processed
processed
-3 All Reporting
Countries 454,623 169 3.72
Incidence by Country Incidence Globally
Note: SAE from countries that did not report the number of T&C processed, were not considered.
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Incidence of SAE by Country for HSC
Incidence of SAE /
Country # Processed # SAE 10 000 T&C
Incidence of SAE / 10 000 T&C processed processed
600 Austria (AT) 2,856 3 10
Belgium (BE) 3,134 17 54
Bulgaria (BG) 774 3 39
500 Croatia (HR) 1,602 3 19
478 Czechia (CZ) 2,209 2 9
Finland (FI) 1,018 5 49
400
Ireland (IE) 434 8 184
Italy (IT) 6,023 11 18
300 Netherlands (NL) 3,105 3 10
Poland (PL) 31,040 5 2
Portugal (PT) 711 34 478
200 Sweden (SE) 1,795 7 39
United Kingdom (UK) 131 1 76
100
Incidence of SAE
Number of T&C
Country # SAE / 10 000 T&C
Processed
0 2 19 processed
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 All Reporting
Countries 54,832 102 19
Incidence by country Incidence Globally
Note: SAE from countries that did not report the number of T&C processed, were not considered.
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Incidence of SAR by Country for Reproductive T&C
Incidence of SAE /
Incidence of SAE / 10 000 T&C processed Country # Processed # SAE 10 000 T&C
8 processed
7 Belgium (BE) 462,323 33 0.7
7 Bulgaria (BG) 128,270 1 0
Croatia (HR) 51,507 2 0.4
6 Czechia (CZ) 377,585 6 0.2
Denmark (DK) 49,627 24 5
5 870,300
Germany (DE) 5 0
Ireland (IE) 102,932 3 0.3
4
Latvia (LV) 31,780 1 0.3
Netherlands (NL) 245,607 4 0.2
3
Portugal (PT) 10,686 8 7
2 Sweden (SE) 190,052 11 0.6
0.4
1 Incidence of SAE
0 Country
Number of T&C
# SAE / 10 000 T&C
Processed
0 processed
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 All Reporting
Countries 2,520,669 98 0.4
Incidence by Country Incidence Globally
Note: SAE from countries that did not report the number of T&C processed, were not considered.
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268 Total SAR and SAE by Country in 2021
250
200
Total SAE Total SAR
150
100
82
64
53 55 54 53
50 43 42
31 28
24 23 24 25
14 17 13
8 8 11 11
5 5 5 6 6 7 7
3 4 1 1 1 2 1 1 2 2 4 1 5
0
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Total SAE by Specification and by Year (2010-2021)
900
217
800 213
700 126
168
156 70
600 190
109
295 Other
119
Human error
500
128
295 357 248 122
System failure
148 145
400 Materials
87 119
53 331 47
189 41 Equipment failure
26 48
300 43
263 55 Tissue/cell defect
148 175 78 39
168 193
200 67
8 91 65 60 290 276
94 81 228 234 254
100
149 82
100 117 121
82 79
47
0
2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021
« Materials » specification introduced in 2019 (data from 2018) « System failure » specification introduced in 2020 (data from 2019)
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Distribution of SAE per specification : 2020 vs 2021
70
Other 213
119
Human error 190
145
System failure 122
41
Materials 47
43
Equipment failure 48
276
Tissue/cell defect 290
0 50 100 150 200 250 300 350
2021 2020
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Distribution of SAE by Activity Step N=170
Donor selection (15)
Other (62) 9%
Transport (5)
3% 36%
Distribution (7) Procurement (12)
4% 7%
Issue (8) Testing (28)
5% 16%
Product selection (6)
4%
Storage (8)
5% Processing (19)
11%
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Distribution of SAE by Specification N=170
Other (23)
14%
Human error (26)
15% Tissue or cell defect (84)
50%
System failure (33)
19%
Materials (2) Equipment failure (2)
1% 1%
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Distribution of SAE by Activity Step and SAE Type N=170
Tissue or cell defect Equipment failure Materials System failure Human error Other
0 10 20 30 40 50 60
Donor selection 10 3 2
Procurement 5 5 2
Testing 2 1 1 6 18
Processing 11 1 1 3 3
Storage 6 1 1
Product selection 5 1
Issue 7 1
Distribution 1 3 1 2
Transport 3 2
Other 50 2 7 3
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Distribution of SAE by Activity Step N=291
Storage (15)
5%
Product selection (8)
3%
Issue (4)
Distribution (5)
1%
Processing (100) 2%
34% Transport (7)
2%
Other (12)
Donor selection (15) 4%
5%
Testing (19)
7%
Procurement (106)
37%
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Distribution of SAE by Specification N=291
Human error (14) Other (33)
5% 11%
System failure (39)
13%
Tissue or cell defect (162)
56%
Materials (24)
8%
Equipment failure (19)
7%
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Distribution of SAE by Activity Step and SAE Type N=291
Tissue or cell defect Equipment failure Materials System failure Human error Other
0 20 40 60 80 100
Donor
11 2 2
selection
Procurement 78 2 3 14 2 7
Testing 3 3 13
Processing 58 8 10 15 4 5
Storage 7 5 3
Product
7 1
selection
Issue 2 2
Distribution 3 11
Transport 3 12 1
Other 2 111 2 5
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Distribution of SAE by Activity Step N=233
Donor selection (30)
13%
Other (35) Procurement (11)
Transport (13) 15% 5%
5%
Testing (7)
Distribution (7) 3%
3%
Issue (7)
3%
Product selection (10) Processing (93)
4% Storage (20) 40%
9%
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Distribution of SAE by Specification N=233
Other (14)
6% Tissue or cell defect (30)
13%
Equipment failure (22)
10%
Human error (79)
34% Materials (15)
6%
System failure (73)
31%
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Distribution of SAE by Activity Step and SAE Type N=233
Tissue or cell defect Equipment failure Materials System failure Human error Other
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100
Donor selection 22 2 1 5
Procurement 4 5 2
Testing 5 11
Processing 1 12 5 30 40 5
Storage 6 3 3 7 1
Product selection 6 4
Issue 4 3
Distribution 5 2
Transport 1 4 1 3 3 1
Other 1 2 14 16 2
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• Breaking of bag closure port by employee
• The autologous calvaria fell to the ground and had to be discarded (1 piece)
• Plate containing the embryo knocked over by operator. The operator indicates that he has
• 8.36% (58 out of 694) SAE too little space on the cryowork stations.
were reported under the • When transferring the embryos to new culture medium, embryo 2 (not divided) was
SAE Specification Human transferred to the new culture plate instead of embryo 3. Embryo 3 was therefore
discarded.
Error - Other, or no • Mix-up of gametes (no information on partner or non-partner gametes)
information to assign • Quarantined gametes were used (no information on partner or donor oocyte)
• Gametes stored incorrectly
• Inadequate container for transport
• Straws incorrectly labelled
• Mix-up of donor's names (almost identical) resulting in a mix-up of sperm, and incorrect
• A different SAE Specification sperm inseminated
could be assigned to each. • Error(s) in hormone treatment - prescription/administration
• Handling incidents (excluding falls)
• Material fall
• Viral screening not in accordance with the legislation
• Loss of traceability of 2 embryos
• Positive blood cultures in donor (Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Staphylococcus aureus)
• Bone piece contaminated by fungi
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• 10% (70 out of 694) SAE were • Bacterial contamination
reported under the SAE • Bacterial contamination of direct culture
• Microbial contamination of peripheral blood stem cells; results available after
Specification Other transplantation
• Positive test results
• Infection with E. coli in male partner
• Incomplete documentation
• Positive test results
• SAE Specification was not • Positive exudate from implanted bone
always assigned accurately. A • Fungal and bacterial contamination of pre-implant medium or tissue
different SAE Specification could • Fungal and bacterial contamination of ocular tissue
• Splinter in rinsed pocket and aggregates clogging the filter at the end of administration
be assigned to each. of graft
• Insufficient information provided
• Difficulties during graft infusion
• First quality control makes a false positive result
• Discovery of a genetic disease in a sperm donor
• Medical abortion for monosomy 18 and tetralogy of fallot. The IVF was issued from a
sperm donation
• Organisational failures of the ART procedure
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• 39.76% (276 out of 694) SAE Correct:
were reported under the SAE • Unknown genetic factor (non-partner donation)
Specification Tissue or Cell • Increased risk of malignancy. A SH2B3 mutation was found in the patient's blood cells
Defect after transplantation, originating from the donor. There is no screening for this
abnormality.
• Release and delivery of a contaminated autologous hematopoietic stem cell unit. An
exceptional release was authorized. Preventive antibiotic therapy was instituted in
recipient.
• Donor was later diagnosed with a partly (multifactorial) hereditary condition
• SAE Specification was not Incorrect or potentially incorrect (insufficient information provided):
always assigned accurately. • Endproduct (autologous PBSC) contaminated with bacteria
• Bacterial contamination of autologous calvaria after aseptic treatment
• During preparation the descemet membrane ruptured rendering the tissue unusable for
transplantation.
• Contamination of embryo culture
• Clots and aggregates during automated deplasmation. Manual filtration performed, that
produced a high cell leak (cell recovery of 67,5%).
• Heart valve without the required characteristics (too small in diameter)
• On the day of the graft, the cornea without required characteristic; graft cancelled
• Expired cornea
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Serious Adverse Reactions
(in donors)
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Voluntary reporting SAR in donor by reporting countries and year
1000
17
17
900
19
19
800
19 21
700
19 17
600
18
500
934 903
846
400 795
700 710
300 620 622
547
200 394
100
104
0
2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021
SAR in donor Number of reporting countries
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SAR in donor by category of T&C and by country N=1
315 N = 79
300
N = 715
250
200
150 141
100 84
68
50
22 28 24
17 11 17 16
2 2 3 5 6 3 7 5 6 1 6 3
0 2 1
0
Reproductive T&C Haematopoietic Stem Cell Replacement T&C
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HSC
N= 79
SAR in donors by type of HSC and type of reaction
Thrombotic / embolic (11) 7 1 1 2
Reactions other than those listed above (28) 13 3 3 9
Neurological disease (2) 2
Musculoskeletal / joint affection (1) 1
Mechanical damage (from apheresis or bone marrow collection) (9) 6 1 1 1
Infection (8) 1 7
Autoimmune disease (9) 9
Allergic reaction (3) 2 1
Acute systemic toxicity during mobilization or collection (8) 5 3
0 5 10 15 20 25 30
General HSC Autologous Allogenic related Allogenic unrelated
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HSC Reactions other than those listed • Hypocalcaemia, anaemia, chest pain not of cardiac or pulmonary aetiology
above • Vasovagal reaction with syncope; seminoma; chest pain; upper abdominal pain,
vomiting, increased liver enzymes
• No mobilization
• Lypothimic episode with loss of consciousness during mobilization. Procedure
suspended and target not reached
• Neoplasm, high haematocrit, product destroyed during transport, donor not starting
G-CSF as scheduled
• STEMI following donation; patient with CV history
• Positive test to COVID-19 in asymptomatic and immunized patient; positive
serology test for Hepatitis E in donor before apheresis
Acute systemic toxicity during • Ventricular tachycardia during anaesthesia induction
mobilization or collection
• Various infections, COVID-19 included
Infection
• Infection
Mechanical damage (from apheresis • Catheter site pain, haematoma
or bone marrow collection) • Spleen rupture
• Inadequate collection
• Tissue compromised due to improper bag sealing
Thrombotic / embolic • Increase in myocardial necrosis enzymes, hypokinesia of the septal and inferior
apex and severe anterior descending artery stenosis
• Deep vein thrombosis
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Reproductive T&C
Tissue Reaction Type Number %
Category of SAR
Oocytes • OHSS 394 55
• Surgical complications 186 26
• Reactions other than 55 8
above
• Infection 51 7
• Torsion of the ovary 29 4
Sperm Surgical complications 2 0
Other o Male genital organ 1 0
reproductive cellulitis
tissues
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Reproductive T&C N= 712
Distribution of SAR in donors by type of reaction in oocytes
Torsion of the ovary (29) 21 8
1
Infections (50) 42 7
Reactions other than above (55) 37 5 13
Surgical Complications (184) 153 26 5
OHSS (394) 352 13 29
0 50 100 150 200 250 300 350 400 450
Partner or autologous Non-partner General
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Reproductive T&C
Infection Surgical complications Other reactions
• Abdominal pain and fever diagnosed • Life-threatening complications • Hematoperitoneum; LPSC surgery
as salpingitis and abscess in the left • Hematoperitoneum • Ovariectomy, gravidity after OPU
ovary; laparoscopic surgery, abscess • Hemoperitoneum, pelvic • Allergy to medicines, ovariectomy;
drainage, antibiotics IV haemorrhage, bladder injury thrombosis; fluidothorax
• Infection after OPU • Hemoperitoneum; encapsulated • Anaemia aggravated, dyspnoea,
• Ovarian abscess haematoma; urinary retention pulmonary embolism, ectopic
• Ovarian & pelvic abscess, turbo- secondary to bladder puncture pregnancy, multiple pregnancy, vagal
ovarian abscess, endometritis, • Pelvic peritonitis, Hemoperitoneum, reaction, reversible cerebral
pyrexia, haematoma infection, genital vagal injury, ovarian haematoma, vasoconstriction syndrome, deep vein
& urinary infection, pyosalpinx, acute lateral popliteal nerve lesion, bladder thrombosis (leg)
pyelonephritis, pelvic peritonitis injury, intestinal obstruction • Abdominal pain, tubal pregnancy,
• Bladder perforation during oocyte respiratory failure / circulatory instability
• Pelvic infection; treatment with
antibiotics retrieval • Pulmonary embolus; OHSS post embryo
• Bleeding following oocytes aspiration transfer, later hospitalized and
• Infected cyst after ovum pick up diagnosed with a PE
• Infection • Bleeding, hemoperitoneum, cardiac
• Bacterial infection arrest post oocyte retrieval
• Pelvic inflammatory disease • Anaphylactic reaction to antibiotic;
severe abdominal pain with
hospitalization
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Haematopoietic Stem Reproductive
Country Cells T&C
SAR SAE SAR
Belgium (BE) 1
Czechia (CZ) 3
France (FR) 10 1
Germany (DE) 1
Poland (PL) 3
Spain (ES) 1
Total = 20 15 1 4
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Hematopoietic Stem Cells N = 16
- 1 death 3 days after allogenic related bone marrow transplant due to cardiogenic shock following
myopericarditis FR
- 1 death 3 months after autologous PBSCT without identified cause FR
- 1 death 15 days after PBSC graft failure and thrombocytopenia complicated by cerebral haemorrhage
possibly attributed to graft quality (low viability of cryopreserved CD34+ after thawing) FR*
* For the 10 SAR in recipients of hematopoietic stem cell infusions associated with patient demise, France
made a general comment indicating that in most cases, imputability is L1 (possible) or L2 (likely, probable) and
that death was linked to the clinical condition of patients. It cannot be determined which 10 out of the 43
reported SAR resulted in death. It appears that one fatality was attributed directly to graft quality, but that is
unclear as well: death 15 days after PBSC graft failure and thrombocytopenia complicated by cerebral
haemorrhage. The imputability is defined as both certain (comment at the end of section SAR -HSC) and
possible (comment to section SAE -HSC). It remains unclear which suspected SAE resulted as SAR associated
with death. Kind request to MS to provide clarification.
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Hematopoietic Stem Cells N = 16
- 1 death four months after the second autologous peripheral blood stem cell transplant (PBSCT) due to septic
shock by bacterial translocation and significant immunosuppression (acute digestive GVH and infections
post-transplant) imputability to graft quality cannot be fully excluded (previous clinical status of the
patient: Lambda IgA multiple myeloma) BE
- 1 death after allogenic PBSCT due to multiple organ failure imputability to graft quality cannot be fully
excluded (previous clinical status of the patient: severe aplastic anaemia and treatment with
ATGAM/CsA/Steroids; haemoculture result negative donor and recipients serologically compatible) DE
- 3 SAR: death of recipients within 30 days after PBSCT or during the first hospitalization in connection with
the transplant PL
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Reproductive T & C N=4
• 3 deaths related to IVF (death of offspring) CZ
• 1 death related to partner sperm donation; oocyte donor detected as heterozygote carrier
(diagnosis of spina bifida on foetus, abortion) ES*
• *It is unclear whether death was due to sperm donation or oocyte donor. Kind request to MS to provide
clarification.
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Next steps
2022 SARE exercise (data 2021) FINAL REPORT
2023 SARE exercise (data 2022) Preliminary results
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Teema: Preliminary results on SARE TC 2022 (2021 data) exercise
Dear competent authorities for tissues and cells,
Please find attached the preliminary results of the SARE exercise on TC
2022 (data 2021).
We would appreciate if you could take a look and provide us your feedback
on the data accuracy and the way of its interpretation until 15th August
2023.
Please do not hesitate to contact us or directly EDQM (in copy) for any
question or doubt.
Many thanks and kind regards,
The SoHO team.
European Commission DG SANTE (Health and Food Safety)
Unit D2 Medical Products: quality, safety, innovationOffice address: Rue
Breydel 2, 06/004, B-1049 Brussels/Belgium